This past weekend I read a really great article in the Orange County Register regarding a new play about women with AIDS. In "Portrait of Ten Women," ten Latinas share their stories of learning to live with HIV and AIDS, from feeling despair and facing society's disdain, to dealing with the prospect of death.
I posted the entire article by Rosalba Ruiz on my homepage and I invite and encourage you to take a look at it. A lot of time I hear statistics about the world and have a hard time relating them to my own world and community. Well the article pretty much lays it out there. Share with your family and friends, and even your children. Silence is not the answer, but education can be.
PS - I chopped my hair and you can see a photo there!